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Re:IP Addressing in 2021 by immibis on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:11AM (#30025505)
Then operating systems shall start shipping with that option enabled by default.
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Re:IP Addressing in 2021 by icehawk on Friday January 21, 2022 @01:37PM (#30027977)
They already do, both the mac and windows computers on my desk have it enabled.
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Re:IP Addressing in 2021 by yardstick on Friday January 21, 2022 @11:14AM (#30025562)
Yes, and it's additional overhead for the people designing the operating system to worry about. More complexity, more attack surface.
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